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Kikujiro

Name: Kikujiro
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1999
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Yuko Daike, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.

1999 · Directed by Takeshi Kitano · 121 min · Comedy · Drama · 20 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Takeshi Kitano
Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima
Edited by: Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Production design: Tatsuo Ozeki
Produced by: Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori

Cast

Takeshi Kitano as Kikujiro
Yusuke Sekiguchi as Masao
Kayoko Kishimoto as Kikujiro's Wife
Yuko Daike as Masao's Mother
Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Masao's Grandmother
Beat Kiyoshi as Man at Bus Stop
The Great Gidayû as Biker Fatso
Rakkyo Ide as Biker Baldy
Nezumi Imamura as An-chan
Fumie Hosokawa as Juggler Girl

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Nippon Herald Films, Bandai Visual, Office Kitano, Tokyo FM
Themes: japan, loser, road trip, travel, disappearance, summer, hitchhiking

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Kids Return — 1996
Brother — 2000
Outrage Coda — 2017
Outrage — 2010
Fireworks — 1997
Sonatine — 1993
Dolls — 2002

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